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Best Hair Trimmers for Sensitive Skin and Neck Irritation
Best Hair Trimmers for Sensitive Skin and Neck Irritation
Supreme Trimmer / The Journal Grooming & skin comfort  ·  7 min read Your beard looks good, but your neck would like to file a complaint. The outline is clean,... Read more...
What Are Vector Motor Clippers? A Barber’s Guide to Power and Performance
What Are Vector Motor Clippers? A Barber’s Guide to Power and Performance
Supreme Trimmer / The Journal Barber technology  ·  7 min read A clipper can sound powerful while it’s running in the air. The more useful test starts when it meets... Read more...
Where Should Your Beard Neckline Be? How to Find It Without Trimming Too High
Where Should Your Beard Neckline Be? How to Find It Without Trimming Too High
Supreme Trimmer / The Journal Beard care  ·  7 min read Judge the beard’s outline with your head in a natural position. It starts with one stray hair. You trim... Read more...
What Your Barber Notices About Your Hair That You Don't
What Your Barber Notices About Your Hair That You Don't
Supreme Trimmer / The Journal Barber expertise  ·  9 min read A good haircut starts with a closer look. You sit down in the barber chair, pull up a haircut... Read more...
The Haircuts That Make Men Look Younger (And the Ones That Age You)
The Haircuts That Make Men Look Younger (And the Ones That Age You)
Supreme Trimmer / The Journal Style & culture  ·  11 min read Texture, shape, and styling can change the impression a haircut creates. You walk into the barbershop looking like... Read more...
6 Worst Haircut Excuses Every Barber Hates Hearing (And How to Fix Them)
6 Worst Haircut Excuses Every Barber Hates Hearing (And How to Fix Them)
There is a specific tone of voice clients use when they sit in a barber chair knowing they’ve made a terrible life choice. Before the cape even gets snapped around... Read more...
Ranking Every Type of Barber Shop Client
Ranking Every Type of Barber Shop Client
Spend enough time behind a barber chair and you realize a universal truth: there are millions of clients in the world, but somehow only about six actual personalities. Different city.... Read more...
Why Your Haircut Never Looks Like the TikTok Video
Why Your Haircut Never Looks Like the TikTok Video
You finally find the haircut. The fade is flawless. The texture sits perfectly. Not a single hair is out of place. The client turns toward the camera, the lighting hits,... Read more...
The Evolution of the "F Boy Haircut": From the Edgar to the Textured Fringe
The Evolution of the "F Boy Haircut": From the Edgar to the Textured Fringe
Every decade has that one haircut. The one you look back at in your old photos ten years later and think, “Why did anyone let me walk out of the... Read more...
The Biggest Lie the Hair Industry Keeps Selling Men
The Biggest Lie the Hair Industry Keeps Selling Men
There is apparently a bottle on the internet right now that will fix your hairline, thicken your hair, make it grow faster, improve your confidence, and possibly repair your credit... Read more...
From Barber Poles to Jordans: The Streetwear Glow-Up of the Modern Shop
From Barber Poles to Jordans: The Streetwear Glow-Up of the Modern Shop
Remember when getting a haircut meant sitting in a squeaky vinyl chair, staring at a faded poster of a 1998 flat-top, and listening to an AM radio that only picked... Read more...
The New Rules of Barbershop Etiquette: How to Not Stress Your Barber Out
The New Rules of Barbershop Etiquette: How to Not Stress Your Barber Out
Barbershops have evolved dramatically over the last few years. Go back a decade, and the routine was basic: you walked in, grabbed a magazine, shot the breeze about sports, got... Read more...